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Definition of Solar plexus
1. Noun. A large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach.
Generic synonyms: Nerve Plexus
Group relationships: Sympathetic Nervous System
Definition of Solar plexus
1. Noun. (anatomy) A complex network of nerves and ganglia, located within the abdomen behind the stomach. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Solar plexus
1. coeliac (nervous) plexus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar Plexus
Literary usage of Solar plexus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"From the epigastric or solar plexus are derived the following : Phrenic or ...
The suprarenal plexus is formed by branches from the solar plexus, ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, Allen Thomson, John G. Cleland (1867)
"юте are added from the solar plexus and the aortic plexus. Moreover, filaments
from the smallest splanchnic nerve, and occasionally from the other ..."
3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"The stomach is supplied with nerve-fibres from the two vagi nerves and from the
solar plexus of the splanchnic system. The two vagi after forming the ..."
4. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"From the solar plexus nerves, arranged largely in plexuses, ... All these nerves,
both branches of the vagi and those from the solar plexus, lie at first in ..."
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